Objective: From the perspective of moral hazard, study the influence of luck
beliefs on the environmental protection behavior of the public. Methods: This paper
constructs a research model with luck belief as the independent variable, moral risk
as the mediating variable, social and economic status as the moderating variable, and
environmental protection behavior as the result variable. Using the questionnaire
survey platform, 993 valid data were obtained, and the empirical study was conducted
by using structural equation model. Results: the belief of luck has two dimensions:
belief in luck and personal luck; belief in luck negatively affects environmental
behavior; moral risk mediates the influence of belief in luck on environmental
behavior; social and economic status negatively moderates the influence of belief in
luck and personal luck on environmental behavior. Conclusion: Luck belief will affect
the public’s environmental behavior through moral hazard.